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    The document provides instructions for using Jam Cards to teach musical concepts like chords, scales, and chord progressions to children on keyboards or pianos. It includes pictures and explanations of major and minor chords, pentatonic and blues scales, and a common 1-4-5 chord progression.

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    The document provides instructions for using Jam Cards to teach musical concepts like chords, scales, and chord progressions to children on keyboards or pianos. It includes pictures and explanations of major and minor chords, pentatonic and blues scales, and a common 1-4-5 chord progression.

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    The document provides instructions for using Jam Cards to teach musical concepts like chords, scales, and chord progressions to children on keyboards or pianos. It includes pictures and explanations of major and minor chords, pentatonic and blues scales, and a common 1-4-5 chord progression.

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    Jonathan Spinks
    The document provides instructions for using Jam Cards to teach musical concepts like chords, scales, and chord progressions to children on keyboards or pianos. It includes pictures and explanations of major and minor chords, pentatonic and blues scales, and a common 1-4-5 chord progression.

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    JAM ON KEYBOARDS TODAY!

    more at www.littlekidsrock.org

    USING JAM CARDS

    Root Key on C

    C Major Chord

    1. JAM the card behind the keys of your piano / keyboard.


    2. Line up a

    ROOT

    key with any note for the desired chord or scale.

    3. The blue keys will show you what other keys to play.

    For corresponding keyboard curriculum please visit: http://www.littlekidsrock.org/thehang/keyboard-index/

    CHORDS:

    Major chords sound happy. Play these three color stripes anywhere on the piano
    ROOT gives the chord its
    and the "pattern" you are playing is a major chord. The ROOT
    name. When the ROOT
    ROOT is on "C", you are playing "C major"

    #1a
    23 4

    ROOT

    Major

    JAM CARD

    FINGER

    FINGER

    11

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    THUMB
    FINGER

    CHORDS:

    Minor chords sound sad. This minor chord "pattern" is the same as the major
    ROOT gives the chord its name.
    chord "pattern" except for the middle note. The ROOT

    ROOT
    NOTE

    FINGER

    FINGER

    23 4

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    THUMB
    FINGER

    #1b

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    ROOT

    Minor

    JAM CARD

    CHORDS:

    Major in 3 Ways

    All major chords have three "patterns" and each major chord can be played three
    ROOT still
    ways. Knowing the three "patterns" makes changing chords easier. The ROOT
    gives the chord its name, no matter where it appears in the "pattern".

    THUMB

    1
    SHAPE 1

    FINGER

    FINGER

    FINGER

    FINGER

    FINGER

    SHAPE 2

    FINGER

    SHAPE 3

    #2a
    23 4

    FINGER

    5
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    THUMB

    THUMB

    ROOT

    ROOT

    JAM CARD

    CHORDS:
    ROOT

    JAM CARD

    Minor in 3 Ways

    All minor chords have three "patterns" and each minor chord can be played three
    ROOT still
    ways. Knowing the three "patterns" makes changing chords easier. The ROOT
    gives the chord its name, no matter where it appears in the "pattern".

    SHAPE 3

    FINGER

    SHAPE 2

    FINGER

    SHAPE 1

    23 4

    ROOT

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    FINGER

    1
    FINGER

    FINGER

    1
    FINGER

    THUMB

    THUMB

    THUMB

    #2b

    CHANGING

    CHORDS

    JAM CARD

    Changing chords is easier when you know and use the three different chord patterns from Jam
    Card #2. If you put the first ROOT stripe (the one on the left) on "C" and you move
    between the top pattern and the bottom pattern, you will be playing "C" major to "F major.

    #3a
    23 4

    THUMB

    ROOT
    NOTE

    ROOT

    FINGER

    ROOT
    FINGER

    FINGER

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    FINGER

    CHANGING

    Play the top chord pattern first, then the bottom one. Notice how your finger
    stays on the color stripe with the picture of an anchor for both chords. This
    makes changing chords easier. The ROOT
    ROOT gives each chord its name.

    THUMB

    CHORDS

    THUMB

    FINGER

    FINGER

    FINGER

    JAM CARD

    #3b
    23 4

    ROOT
    FINGER

    ROOT
    NOTE

    5
    ROOT

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    THUMB

    SCALES:

    This is a scale.You play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a happy
    sound.You can use this scale to make up little patterns or melodies. MusiROOT gives the scale its name.
    cians call this "soloing" or "improvising." The ROOT

    ROOT

    FINGER

    Major Pentatonic

    #4a
    23 4

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    ROOT

    JAM CARD

    SCALES:

    This is a scale.You play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a sad
    sound.You can use this scale to make up little patterns or melodies. MusiROOT gives the scale its name.
    cians call this "soloing" or "improvising." The ROOT

    ROOT

    FINGER

    Minor Pentatonic

    #4b
    23 4

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    ROOT

    JAM CARD

    SCALES:

    ROOT

    FINGER

    This is a scale.You play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a happy sound. Most of the
    songs we sing use the notes of this scale. This scale is like the Major Pentatonic scale on Jam
    ROOT gives the scale its name.
    Card #3 but it has two more color stripes or notes. The ROOT

    #5a
    23 4

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    ROOT

    Major

    JAM CARD

    SCALES:
    NOTE

    ROOT

    BLUE

    FINGER

    This is a scale.You play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a sad or bluesy sound.
    This scale is like the Minor Pentatonic scale on Jam Card #3 but it has one extra color
    stripe called the "blue note" The ROOT
    ROOT gives the scale its name.

    #5b
    23 4

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    ROOT

    Blues

    JAM CARD

    THE SCALE CHORDS

    JAM CARD

    #6a

    ROOT

    MINOR

    ROOT

    MAJOR

    ROOT

    MAJOR

    ROOT

    MINOR

    ROOT

    MINOR

    1
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    ROOT

    MAJOR

    23 4

    SIX CHORDS

    THAT ROCK
    Root Key on C

    JAM CARD

    #6b

    C Major Chord

    The
    other sideJAM
    of thisCARDS
    Jam Card has 6 chords that sound great together in
    USING
    any order. Here are pictures of what those 6 chords look like if you put the
    1. JAM the
    card behind
    the keys(the
    of yourone
    piano on
    / keyboard.
    ROOT
    first
    ROOT
    stripe
    the far left) on C.
    2. Line up a

    ROOT

    key with any note for the desired chord or scale.

    Emi

    Dmi

    3. The blue keys will show you what other keys to play.

    D
    3

    For corresponding keyboard curriculum please visit: http://www.littlekidsrock.org/thehang/keyboard-index/

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    Ami

    PROGRESSION:

    1, 4, 5

    These three chords are all major and have been the three
    most often used chords in Pop Music for decades.

    JAM CARD

    #7a
    23 4

    ROOT

    1
    3

    1
    5

    THE 1 CHORD

    5
    5

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    THE 4 CHORD

    ROOT

    THE 5 CHORD

    ROOT

    THUMB

    SHORTCUT:

    1, 4, 5

    These are three chords using shortcuts to make changing chords easier. The anchor shows
    which note stays the same when changing between chords; when switching from 1 to 4 the
    bottom note stays the same, but when switching from 1 to 5 the top note stays the same.

    JAM CARD

    #7b
    23 4

    3
    2

    THE 4 CHORD

    THE 1 CHORD

    THE 5 CHORD

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    ROOT

    ROOT

    ROOT

    THUMB

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